Maine East has enjoyed the comforts of home their last seven games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will venture away from home to face off against the Niles North Vikings at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Last Monday, Maine East had to suffer through a 46-6 loss at the hands of Vernon Hills. While losing is never fun, the Blue Demons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 169th, while the Cougars are ranked 29th).
Meanwhile, Niles North lost 26-6 to Maine West on Monday. The Vikings have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Maine East's defeat was their seventh straight at home, which dropped their record down to 0-10. As for Niles North, their loss dropped their record down to 5-5.
Maine East was taken down by Niles North 34-0 in their previous matchup on September 9th. Can Maine East avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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